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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
1
Partly cloudy and warm with high 18 85 today and night. Scattered showers or evening storms possible Friday. Mornings show 55 to 60 east and 60 to 65 west. Temperatures track through 24 hours ending 5 pm Wednesday with highs near 19 and lows around 51.
Nancy Murphy and Betty Walls elected president and vice president of the Taylor County PTA Council at a meeting led by Ronald L. Knotts at Grafton High School. Other officers include Virginia Delaney recording secretary T A Craft treasurer Ruth Kirby. Delegates named for the state PTA workshop at Camp Caesar June 18 19.
Manila Health officer Dr. Mariano Icasiano reports twenty deaths and sixty thousand flu cases in Manila alone as the epidemic sweeps the Philippines. The rest of the digest covers wind delays at nuclear test sites in Nevada, ship incidents near Miami, a long flight arrival in Paris, and other brief world updates.
District Manager E L Marks of Monongahela Power Company announced a two hour outage on Friday May 24 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. The Fetterman area including Main Street Leonard Street and Country Club Road will lose electric service during repairs at the Fetterman sub station.
Hazel E. Bayes, chief accountant for the state Department of Education for 23 years, will be replaced June 1 by Margaret Eicholth of Wellsburg. Rohrbough announced four new field representatives for Veterans Education and Training, naming Parsons, Pinson, Skidmore, and Via with assignations across Ripley, Wil Limestone, Landerport, Morgantown, and the eastern region.
Manorville New York seven year old Benny Hooper rises from bed and takes first steps since falling into a well shaft last Thursday. He suffered minor bruises and a pinched arm nerve and is expected to be released from the hospital Friday or Saturday. Dr Joseph Kris who treated him says Benny does not accurately remember details of the entrapment.
A 20 year old Communist policeman misrouted from an East German tavern and entered what he believed was his boarding house at 3 a.m. He staggered half undressed into a West German living space and crossed barbed wire barricades before being allowed to return to the East.
A 14 year old Rye High School freshman, Andrew Casey, used a .22 rifle to shoot his mother Dorothy 48 and sister Sheila 19 after family criticism of his schoolwork. He surrendered the weapon to police. his father Eugene Casey, a New York public relations man, suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized in Port Chester. Police cited school grade tensions as a possible trigger. the sister died about 90 minutes after the shooting.
Lyman Ramsdell and George Ashton, both of Youngstown, Ohio, were given suspended 10 year sentences and three years probation for the Martinsburg area 1949 B&O train robbery. They previously served seven years in federal prison and were captured in Washington, D. C. after the robbery. The judge noted their reform and placed them on probation after considering their good records.
Monongah division transfers announced by secretary to the superintendent J R Frease. G S Harris moves to Baltimore as assistant superintendent. C W Shaw Jr promoted from Cowen to train master. W W Frey moved to Keyser as train master. no replacement named. Recognition dinner set for Monday June 3 at St Augustine social center with J R Frease as toastmaster and Rev F Carl Davis presenting invocation.
An ex housewife called Zoo Director Raymund Gray to report a loud bird on her chimney. Gray reassured her it was a male peacock that strayed from the zoo after a failed romance. He said the mating season would end in about two weeks and the bird would return to the zoo.
Washington agriculture department reports farm cash marketings for the first four months of 1957 totaled 8.14 billion dollars, up 3 percent from a year earlier. Prices received by farmers averaged about 4 percent higher, while the volume of marketings declined slightly.
Sheriff William T. Flanagan says the residence is being spruced for Memorial Day with a neatly trimmed lawn and a new aluminum paint finish on the iron fence. The fence will appear silvery rather than black and rusty as preparations continue for May 30 observances.
A state Board of Control representative recommends closing Welch Emergency Hospital and replacing it with a new 100-bed building. Ralph N. Steele of Weston State Hospital surveyed the site and urged the 1958 Legislature to authorize funds for construction. Opened in 1899 as a miners hospital, it now handles most charity cases in southern West Virginia.
San Francisco reports that Koichiro Asakai Japan's new ambassador to the United States departed for Washington on United Airlines Flight 720 Wednesday night.
Tornadoes struck Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Illinois and Oklahoma with many injuries and homes damaged. At least 53 killed since Monday night, mainly in Missouri and Kansas City area. President Eisenhower declared disaster areas, Missouri seeks 25 million dollars in federal aid as floods force evacuations in Marion and Harrisburg.
A U S Military court martial acquitted M Sgt Robert G Reynolds of Maryland in the peeping tom slaying of a Chinese Nationalist officer on Formosa. The Nationalist Ministry of Justice condemned the trial as not impartial and said it would study the case.
Washington lawmakers defend their budget amid jokes about a panic proof revolving door and a proposed building hole possibly used for parking or filled with foreign aid money. Critics urged cuts to 7.5 million for the 64 million dollar office project and 10 thousand for the door, while a motion to trim funds failed.
In Washington a momentum grows to oust Teamster leader Beck as a meeting of the Executive Board nears. Grass roots protests spread to New York and California while officials including Secretary-Treasurer English plan next steps. AFL-CIO weighs suspending three unions amid corruption probes and broader union reform efforts.
The Soviet Union supported Syria in the U N Security Council asserting Israel endangered Middle East peace by building a military bridge in the demilitarized zone. Soviet Ambassador Sergei Nemchinov pledged aid after a 45 minute talk with Foreign Minister Salah Bitar. Russia had backed Egypt earlier on the Suez Canal dispute. The Security Council planned to hear Syria’s complaint as Western observers anticipated Syria may reopen the Palestine question with Russia to promote the Arab cause.
Charleston State Road Commissioner Pat C Graney announced today the appointment of Robert Burton Criss of Philippi as Barbour County maintenance superintendent succeeding Guy F Golden of Philippi. The new appointee will take over next Monday.
The U.S. Weather Bureau reported the coldest community in the nation as Deadville Coloy with 22 degrees. The highest temperature on Wednesday reached 10 percent, logged at Laredo, reflecting a stark daylong temperature spread across locations.
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